EDITORIAL
BY DHIREN SHAH
Hello Readers,
Kerry Coley is a City of Orange Councilman who ran to be mayor once. He is a former council president and serves as councilman for the East Ward. He has been accused of drawing a gun on a tow truck driver to stop him from towing his family member or friend’s car. On March 10, he was formally arrested and went to jail. Since then, more and more demands have grown for his resignation from the politicians as well as citizens of Orange.
As I’ve heard, he has been asked not to attend the council meeting on March 18, 2025. However, as we’ve heard, he is determined to attend the council meeting. Our laws say that anyone is innocent until proven guilty. The same applies to Councilman Coley. In or about 2011, Coley was fired or suspended from his police job due to staying home while on night duty as a police officer. However, Coley won the Democratic County Committee Chair position against outgoing mayor Eldridge Hawkins, Jr. by a vote of 18 to 14.
Today (March 18) the editorial goes to print. The council meeting will be interesting if Coley attends. The protest against Coley and demands for his resignation will be a hot issue for the council meeting.
President Trump stated to Congress that millions of people are collecting social security checks over the age of 100, 4.7 million from age 100-109, 3.6 million from age 110 to 119, 3.47 million from age 120 to 129, 3.9 million from 130 to 139, 3.5 million from age 140 to 149, 1.3 million from 150 to 159 and 130,000 still receiving the checks over the age of 160. If it is true, then we must support Trump for finding out the problems with our governmental departments. Reports suggest that social security funds will be exhausted by around 2036. They should find out who received and cashed the checks or use the social security money over the age of 100, illegally, and those responsible should be punished to the full extent of the law.
Russia and Ukraine war is not over yet. The peace talks are nowhere near a true settlement. Putin is demanding that no war equipment be given to Ukraine for at least 30 days of ceasefire. However, while Putin has not agreed with Trump to totally end the war, he did agree to have no attacks on energy sources. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Zelensky has not agreed to halting the support of weapons from the U.S. The truce is far from over.
The war between Israel and Hamas continues, with Palestine caught in the middle. Israel continues to attack Gaza, killing about 100 people on March 16. This comes as Israel ended the ceasefire due to not getting back enough hostages. The Trump Administration remain partial in supporting Israel over Palestine. We hope that Trump and Israel concentrate on stopping Hamas only, and not attacking the innocent.
Tariffs are still at the forefront. Some experts, including President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, feel that tariffs are not the solution. Tariff wars can result on all sides, and that ultimately hits the consumers. I think tariffs are a temporary solution to stop a country from charging more tariffs and taking advantage of the global market, especially the largest consumer in the United States of America.
The NASA astronauts who were stuck in space for 286 days are now home thanks to SpaceX and Elon Musk. Whether you like Musk or not, he should be thanked for doing something that the prior administration and Boeing were unable to do, which is to get them back safely.
Have a wonderful week. I’ll talk to you next week.
